actually, when I tore my PCL, there was no popping. It sounded like tearing fabric. If you take a thick peice of canvas, cut it so you have tear in it, then grab it and tear it with your hands....that's the sound I heard.

Point is, you knew it when you did it.

Originally Posted by pauli

i was once told that "do" means wrecking people's **** for your own philosophical betterment.

Originally Posted by melvin_peebles

I could be mistaking dumbness for delusion. I'll have to go dig out my DSM IV. It's great to have stumbled upon this site. The rich fauna and flora of mental dysfunction that exists in the martial arts is amazing. It's like the Galapagos.

Ewwww...that brought back a nasty memory. Playing ball in JUCO there was a rebound situation...and like 4 or 5 guys went up and as we came down there was this nasty, wet cardboard tearing sound. All of us were like wtf as the ball rolled out of bounds and one of my teammates was on the ground, rolling around, clutching his left knee.

Blowing out a knee is nothing I ever want to do seriously and for ya'll who've done it and come back, you've got my respect.

GG

MMA Record vs Llamas 0-1-0
(The Llama bit my junk but the ref didn't see it).

Years ago, in my gay-ass fucking karate class (point sparring, points weren't even kept track of, no shots to the face, no contact anyway, et cetera), I was fucking around while "sparring" and tried a double front kick. I fell on my ass, of course, and when I rolled over backwards to get up slipped and bashed almost my entire bodyweight on my bent right knee. It didn't hurt much at the time, but hurt a lot for a while later on.

i was once told that "do" means wrecking people's **** for your own philosophical betterment.

Originally Posted by melvin_peebles

I could be mistaking dumbness for delusion. I'll have to go dig out my DSM IV. It's great to have stumbled upon this site. The rich fauna and flora of mental dysfunction that exists in the martial arts is amazing. It's like the Galapagos.

Got it re-diagnosed by my dad, who's luckily an MD (but whom I rarely see any more, which is why it took time). It's apparently patellofemoral syndrome, which is easily enough fixed with exercises that he didn't explain well enough the first time. I've already noticed a slight improvement since I've started doing them (six-inch leg lifts while taking care to fire the quadriceps before lifting), which is good.

I hear several popping and cracking noises located around my knee every time I stand up, but I never use my hands to stand. I either kip up of just use body momentum and never touch the ground with my hands. I dunno why, I just ignore it.